2021 NFL Season - Adults Arguing About Matt Stafford

[Cujo]

2 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

Bengals

Bills

49ers

Bucs

 

Dude. Don't you know nobody cares to see predictions on here?

 

Anyhow, here are mine -- complete with scores!

 

Bengals 24, Titans 16

Packers 23, 49ers 20

Buccaneers 30, Rams 21

Bills 34, Chiefs 31

[Sport]

The Bengals lost Larry Ogunjobi for the season and possibly Mike Daniels. They don't know yet if Trey Hendrickson will play. What I'm saying is I'm worried about stopping Derrick Henry. 

 

Paradoxically, I am far more relaxed than I've ever been before a playoff game. (Edit: I guess I was really not nervous before they played the Colts in 2014 because I knew they didn't stand a chance after Pittsburgh viciously and deliberately, as they are wont to do, injured half the starting offense in Week 17). Obviously it would be cool to win and the draw has never been more favorable for the Bengals. I mean no offense Titans fans - I just like the idea of one of the Chiefs and Bills wiping the other out. But when this season began I did not expect to end the playoff win drought, let alone play for the AFC Championship for the first time since I was laying Lincoln logs in my shorts. The two ton gorilla is off our backs. It's over so now they can just go out and play. 

 

House money, baby. 

[DCarp1231]

I’m still holding my firm stance on a Bengals-Rams super bowl

[DCarp1231]

Kyler Murray had every chance to not do what he did yet he kept making bonehead plays last night 

[Wings2]

My heart wants the Bills dropping Rodgers like a bad habit but I think it'll be Bucs-Chiefs part II. 

[tBBP]

6 hours ago, Sport said:

The Bengals lost Larry Ogunjobi for the season and possibly Mike Daniels. They don't know yet if Trey Hendrickson will play. What I'm saying is I'm worried about stopping Derrick Henry. 

 

Paradoxically, I am far more relaxed than I've ever been before a playoff game. (Edit: I guess I was really not nervous before they played the Colts in 2014 because I knew they didn't stand a chance after Pittsburgh viciously and deliberately, as they are wont to do, injured half the starting offense in Week 17). Obviously it would be cool to win and the draw has never been more favorable for the Bengals. I mean no offense Titans fans - I just like the idea of one of the Chiefs and Bills wiping the other out. But when this season began I did not expect to end the playoff win drought, let alone play to go to the AFC Championship for the first time since I was laying Lincoln logs in my shorts. The two ton gorilla is off our backs. It's over so now they can just go out and play. 

 

House money, baby. 

 

None taken. Quite frankly even with two of your top run-stoppers out, I still don't have much confidence in this Snatit squad. Now having Kong Henry back out there will make a world of difference, but this team's consistent inconsistency at the most inconsistently consistent times is what frustrates the mess out of me. (If that sounded rough, reference their goal-to-go drive with under 5:00 to go in the second quarter against Pittsburgh a few weeks back. Wrong time to try to get cute on offense, settled for a FG--and then got shut out the rest of the game.)

 

Oh and...yes, watching KC and Buffalo beat up on each other in the next round will be great to see. 

[Sport]

32 minutes ago, tBBP said:

 

None taken. Quite frankly even with two of your top run-stoppers out, I still don't have much confidence in this Snatit squad. Now having Kong Henry back out there will make a world of difference, but this team's consistent inconsistency at the most inconsistently consistent times is what frustrates the mess out of me. (If that sounded rough, reference their goal-to-go drive with under 5:00 to go in the second quarter against Pittsburgh a few weeks back. Wrong time to try to get cute on offense, settled for a FG--and then got shut out the rest of the game.)

 

Oh and...yes, watching KC and Buffalo beat up on each other in the next round will be great to see. 

I just realized both the Bengals and the Titans lost to the Jets this season. I could see either team winning. I’m just excited to see the Bengals this far for the first time. 
 

I have to attend a funeral in Cleveland on Saturday morning otherwise I’d likely be in Nashville this weekend. It’s only 4.5 hours! Probably for my bank account and my health’s best, though, that I’m not going to another playoff game this year. 

[infrared41]

14 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Also, OBJ looks transformed. The Browns whole situation is rotten.

 

I'd argue that it's more like the Browns tried to add OBJ to run oriented offense captained by an average QB whose throws are as likely to hit a fan in the third row as they are the actual intended target. I thought acquiring OBJ was a bad move from the start. Not because he isn't great or for any perceived "personality problems" but because I thought he was a bad fit for their offense. But I get that it's easier to just say "LOL, Browns." It's not like the team's track record would lead people to think otherwise.

[DoctorWhom]

I Hope Buffalo beats KC because the storyline for the AFC Championship in that case would be very interesting. 

 

We could have a Music City Miracle rematch. 

Or Buffalo against the team that ended their playoff drought for them in 2017.  Which come to think  of it, is when Buffalo really started to be taken seriously.  

[Sykotyk]

My favorite to least favorite Super Bowl matchup (uniforms notwithstanding)

 

Bills-49ers (the SB the 90s never saw)

Bengals-49ers (Because WTF not? 3rd Time)

Bills-Rams (Back-to-back home teams in the Super Bowl)

Chiefs-Bucs (SB Rematches, and Chiefs in third straight, not that fun)

Bills-Packers

Bills-Bucs (Does anyone really want to see the Bills play Brady again?)

Chiefs-Packers (Super Bowl I rematch)

Chiefs-Rams (ooh, the colors, also: back-to-back home teams in the SB)

Chiefs-49ers (Again with a rematch a year later?)

Titans-49ers

Bengals-Rams (Home team? Nah. Cincy? Nah)

Bengals-Bucs (80s poverty bowl)

Bengals-Packers (Just, no)

Titans-Bucs (SBXXXIV if the TB pass wasn't overturned and led to a TD)

Titans-Rams (Oh hell no, for a lot of reasons; also SB XXXIV rematch)

Titans-Packers (Primarily uniform here, just not liking it)

[Cujo]

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Bengals-49ers (Because WTF not? 3rd Time)

 

RUN IT BACK! (just round off the Bengals digits)

 

 

[FiddySicks]

Yeah so I initially had Buffalo in the next round because I thought they were going to be at home. Seeing that the game is in KC, though? I think the Chiefs take that.

 

Also, a couple of thoughts: 

 

If the 49ers end up winning the Super Bowl, they’ll have gone through Dallas, Green Bay, (Probably) Tampa Bay, and Kansas City. HOLY CRAP that’s a gauntlet. Also, on the one probably game? If that’s a Niners/Rams PT III, Rams are going to walk away with it. They’ve lost to the Niners like 8 times in a row, and are absolutely due. 
 

I think that Bengals Titans game is going to be absolutely wild. Both have some pretty explosive pieces on offense, and I don’t trust either of those defenses. 

[BBTV]

Anyone without a genuine rooting interest that's not pulling for the Bills or Bengals just has no soul.  If only the Bengals didn't half-botch their new uniforms then I would be satisfied with either of them, but as it stands, I'm joining the mafia.  I'll be in the market for a new kitchen table soon.

[DoctorWhom]

Worst uniforms ( & logo) in the playoffs are the Rams, So gaudy just like the city they represent. 

And also that dumb Donald Trump Toupee looking logo. 

 

Bengals unis aren't that bad imo.  At least they didn't ruin the Helmet the the Titans did. 

[tBBP]

Imma have a rough time with this AFC bracket. 

 

I'll take any of the Snatit, Bills or Bengals as winners out of the AFC. KC's done this dance twice already; let another team have it. And if Tennessee loses (which they probably will)? I won't even be mad... nope, I'll just go buy a Bengals hat (which I've long debated about doing anyway), hope Buffalo beats KC, and then spend until about halfway into the second quarter of Bills vs Bengals before something in me picks one of those two teams to root for--or maybe I'll just remain impartial and enjoy the game. 

[oldschoolvikings]

For me it's anybody but the Titans (because they have the worst uniform in the NFL) and the Packers (because I unapologetically hate them).

[Kramerica Industries]

13 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

RUN IT BACK! (just round off the Bengals digits)

 

 

 

Would be super appropriate really since it the Bengals now who have this generation's Joe Cool.

[Crabcake]

On 1/18/2022 at 9:29 PM, BBTV said:

Anyone without a genuine rooting interest that's not pulling for the Bills or Bengals just has no soul.  If only the Bengals didn't half-botch their new uniforms then I would be satisfied with either of them, but as it stands, I'm joining the mafia.  I'll be in the market for a new kitchen table soon.

I think if the Bengals weren't division rivals, I'd be outright rooting for them.  As it stands, they're easily the least odious (to me) of the Ravens' AFC North rivals, and watching Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase play football is equally as fun as watching Mahomes and Hill do it, with the added bonus of not having to cheer for a domestic abuser.  They're far and away the lesser of two evils between them and the Titans so I'll be rooting for them this weekend.  

 

My ranking of overall rooting interest (even though I know no one gives a crap what I think):

1. Bills - Probably one of the best fanbases in North American sports, along with one of the most long-suffering.  Josh Allen is cool and has a lot of similarities to Lamar which makes them a natural choice.  The respect between the Ravens and Bills fanbases when we met last year in the playoffs has always stuck with me and was an incredible relief after having to deal with the Titans fanbase.  I would be genuinely happy if they won it all.

2. 49ers - Jimmy Garoppolo, Super Bowl Champion would be objectively hilarious.  This is only helped by the fact that if it happens there's a very real chance he gets Dilfer'd, since the Niners just spent a king's ransom to draft their QB of the future.  Lance would have an immense amount of pressure on him if he has to step in for a QB just coming off of a Super Bowl win, making a Niners Super Bowl win potentially the worst thing that could happen to them long-term, and that kind of dichotomy is always fun and I will always root for it.  Jimmy G winning the Super Bowl is also the spiritual successor to Joe Flacco's insane 2012 playoffs, except Jimmy G just tried his darndest to end the Niners' season last week so my confidence in him pulling off a Flacco-like Super Saiyan playoff run is basically shot.

3. Rams - Stafford finally winning the big one would be a great storyline.  And Sean McVay winning it all would be a triumph for young, offensive-minded coaches, and the game getting younger is never a bad thing.  Jalen Ramsey and Aaron Donald getting rings hurts my desire to see them win, but not enough to root against them.  Plus it'd be hilarious to see this place implode in on itself if the Rams win it all in the bone unis.

4. Bengals - see above.  They're easily my #1 or 2 if they play in a different division.

5. Packers - Aaron Rodgers seems like an arrogant jerk who thinks he's better than everyone else - the problem is, he has been better than everyone else (except for maybe Brady) for the last decade and a half.  As much as it would be hilarious to watch the Packers lose another NFC Championship game, Rodgers probably deserves more than one ring for the kind of career he's had.

6. Bucs - I never like seeing a team repeat, much less a Brady-led one.  My hatred for Brady has lessened significantly since joining the Bucs and I even found myself rooting for them over the Chiefs last year.  At this point, there's no longer any debate in the GOAT conversation (save for Ken Anderson), and any more success Brady piles up just reemphasizes how insanely, ridiculously good he is at football.  I just can't find the energy to be mad at that anymore.

7. Titans - The first team I would be upset to see win.  Mike Vrabel pisses me off, I can't quite put my finger on why.  He's obviously a great coach but he exudes this frat boy energy that just rubs me the wrong way.  Derrick Henry is a monster and seeing him do his thing is always fun, except for when he does it to your team.  Then it's very rage-inducing.  No, I'm not still salty about 2019, why do you ask?  Tannehill is a solid QB who benefits from having the most dominant running back of his generation taking attention away from him.  Overall I just don't enjoy seeing the Titans succeed and would not be happy at all to see them win the whole thing.

8. Chiefs - It's impressive how quickly we all got sick of this team.  It was 4 measly years ago that we were all rooting for them against Brady and the Pats, and 3 years ago that I was happy to see Patrick Mahomes' insane talent get rewarded with a ring.  Now, though? The Chiefs are practically the old guard of the AFC.  The fact that the Ravens have done nothing of note since 2019 makes the Chiefs' success a constant reminder of our failure to do anything with the best chance we'll have at a Super Bowl for the foreseeable future.  Tyreek Hill is, well, Tyreek Hill.  Tyrann Mathieu is, well, Tyrann Mathieu.  The Chiefs and their fans needed a huge slice of humble pie last year and I would love to see them get served a repeat course.

[Red Comet]

I’m okay being the bad guy. Sure beats having people feel sorry for your team. 

[Cujo]

2 hours ago, Crabcake said:

Aaron Rodgers is like an arrogant jerk who thinks he's better than everyone else

 

Fixed.